Sports Illustrated came out Wednesday with its list of the Top 25 high school sports programs in the nation for 2007-08, and Mater Dei was ranked No. 2.

SI also picked the No. 1 program in each state; Mater Dei was No. 1 in California.
   
Punahou High of Honolulu was SI’s choice for the nation’s top program. Punahou won 16 state titles and produced 12 Division I recruits during the 2007-08 school year.

Here is what Sports Illustrated wrote about Mater Dei:

“At any other school the news that 19 seniors earned D-I scholarships would be the headline accomplishment. For the Monarchs, however, the junior class gets top billing. After leading the football team to the state quarterfinals, quarterback Matt Barkley, who will follow Mater Dei alumnus Matt Leinart’s path to USC, became the first Gatorade Football Player of the Year who was not a senior. Forwards Travis and David Wear, twins who committed early to UNC, starred for the state hoops titlists.”

In last year’s national rankings, Mater Dei was No. 7.

There were two other California schools on the list: Long Beach Poly at No. 6 and Archbishop Mitty of San Jose at No. 17.

To see the complete list and the story, go to http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/

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